Kepler-24b explained

Kepler-24b
Discoverer:Eric B. Ford et al.
Discovered:25 January 2012
Apsis:astron
Semimajor:0.08AU[1]
Period:8.14511872(4028)[2] d
Mass:[3]

Kepler-24b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-24, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in January 2012. It orbits its parent star at only 0.08 astronomical units away, and at its distance it completes an orbit once every 8.145 days.[1]

Notes and References

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  2. 2016ApJ...822...86M. 1605.02825. 10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/86. False Positive Probabilities for All Kepler objects of Interest: 1284 Newly Validated Planets and 428 Likely False Positives. The Astrophysical Journal. 822. 2. 86. 2016. Morton. Timothy D.. Bryson. Stephen T.. Coughlin. Jeffrey L.. Rowe. Jason F.. Ravichandran. Ganesh. Petigura. Erik A.. Haas. Michael R.. Batalha. Natalie M.. 20832201. 1 . free .
  3. 2014ApJ...787...80H. 10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/80. 1310.7942. Densities and Eccentricities of 139Keplerplanets from Transit Time Variations. The Astrophysical Journal. 787. 80. 2014. Hadden. Sam. Lithwick. Yoram. 1. 119097836.